Needing Winter

Some people hate winter, and also constantly complain about the weather.

I grew up with hard winters, and thought nothing of it.  It was normal to get

snowed in at least once every winter, where we couldn't get out to the road.

If you did get to the road, you still couldn't go anywhere, because the country roads
weren't plowed yet, and they wouldn't be for about 2-3 days.

Some people get depressed in winter, or sad. After all, it all looks

so dreary.  

There's a beauty and a satisfaction in the dreariness though.

I have come to crave winter.

I take walks in it, no matter the temperature.

I take deep breaths of it.

There is no other season like it.

I have come to love winter, and to need it.

It feeds a part of my soul that nothing else can fill.

Night Visitors

Yes, it's blurry-- but the best I could do under the circumstances.

The dogs went wild with barking, so had to go and check what all the commotion was about. 

About 25 of the neighbors black angus were all munching on my grass in the front yard.

They were all safely corralled back to their pasture......

GOODNIGHT, COWS!

Farm in the Mist

My Favorite Tree

Web

Nest in the Myrtle

Dandelion Spider

Maple tree

Hollyhock from seed

Spanky

Mushroom

Pecan trees

Turnip Greens

Old house

Morning Glory

Goodbye to My "Laughing Corn"!

Here yesterday.......

.....gone today!

I am obsessed with my "laughing corn"!

It entertained me all summer,

providing me with music to my ears all through the season.

Now, all the ears have been harvested,



and we will await winter...